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Taranto: The MoveOn CoverUp

Yesterday we noted that a new MoveOn.org ad features a narrator declaring, "A hundred and fifty thousand American men and women are stuck in Iraq," as it shows a photo of British soldiers. Many of our readers pointed out that in addition to this misrepresentation, MoveOn has altered the scene in a still shot it shows on its Web site. Here's the scene from the ad, which we showed yesterday:

Here's a copy of the still, enlarged by blogger Kevin Aylward:

See the difference? The man in the foreground, who has shorts in the video, appears to have donned cammies. In fact, if we're not mistaken, he is actually wearing the same pants--that is, the exact same pair--as the man behind him to the viewer's right. We're not even sure what the point of this deception could be. Perhaps MoveOn's dishonesty is simply pathological.